Hello, in general what are the best mountains are you most likely to see a black bear and what ones are you least likely?What mountains have had the most presumed mountain lion activity/sightings?Thanks

saw a bear from about 25 feet away today between Slide and Cornell at around 2:30 PM. My first sighting, but luckily i handled it well (while my knees were shaking and heartbeat skyrocketing) partly thanks to the great right up on bears on this site...

For the last couple of years, there have been a higher population of black bears in the Catskills. I think that they extended the hunting season to reduce the population a bit.

I find that they don't want an encounter with you anymore then you do. If you slowly back away, they are more then happy. Important to keep cooked food away from your sleep spot. I usually cook about 150' away from my camp site or leanto.